So that's all I have to say, and I'm glad I've said it .-- Yours truly, KATE CLAY.' Adela remained standing for a few moments when she had finished the letter, then went slowly to her room.
Alice returned from the garden in a short time.

In passing through the hall she looked again at the two letters which remained.

Neither of them had a sinister appearance; being addressed to the Manor they probably came from personal friends.

She went to the drawing-room and glanced around for Adela, but the room was empty.

Richard would not be home for an hour yet; she took up a novel and tried to pass the time so, but she had a difficulty in fixing her attention.